Thursday, February 24, 2011

Baltimore: More Like "The Wire" Than I Thought

Posted By on Thu, Feb 24, 2011 at 5:00 PM

MSNBC:

More than a dozen Baltimore police officers and the owners of a car repair shop have been charged in a towing extortion scheme.

Federal authorities announced Wednesday that 17 officers and two brothers who own Majestic Auto Repair Shop in Rosedale were charged in the conspiracy. Prosecutors say the brothers paid officers to arrange for their company, rather than a city-authorized company, to tow vehicles from accident scenes and make repairs.

Commenting on the situation, Sen. Clay Davis:

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